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Sina Movahed
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Sina Movahed

IranBorn 2010 (age 16)FIDE ID 42520835

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2578
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2576
Luft

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No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 16 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense475%
Ruy Lopez438%
French Defense1100%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 4 games, won 3, drew 0, lost 1 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Four Knights Variation2100%
Najdorf Variation1100%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation10%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 4 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 2 · 38%

VariationGamesScore
Closed333%
Berlin Defense150%

French Defense

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Advance Variation1100%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Moscow Variation1100%
Delayed Alapin Variation150%

Bogo-Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Retreat Variation1100%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Vienna Variation1100%

Queen's Pawn Game

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
London System150%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Open Berlin Defense150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
Asian Individual Chess Championship 20266 Jun 2026=9th−2−1
European Chess Club Cup 202524 Oct 20254/5+10+10
Fujairah Global 202526 Aug 2025=27th−4−5
31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival24 Aug 20253/3+11+11
Sharjah Masters 202525 May 2025=22nd+14+14

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMP. Iniyan25 May 2025 · Sharjah Masters 20252573
GME. Can24 May 2025 · Sharjah Masters 20252568
GMJ. Vakhidov21 May 2025 · Sharjah Masters 20252546
GMH. ten Hertog21 Oct 2025 · European Chess Club Cup 20252532
GMD. Fernandez19 Oct 2025 · European Chess Club Cup 20252496

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
IMN. BelurkarLast 22 May 2024 · Sharjah1100
FMK. MohanLast 11 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241010
FMJ. Barria SantosLast 12 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241100
GML. PantsulaiaLast 13 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241001
GMK. GrigoryanLast 22 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241001

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.